DeKALB – Ten candidates will be interviewed this week in closed-door meetings as the search for Northern Illinois University’s next president continues.

A 28-member committee will meet with candidates Thursday and Friday at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont for roughly an hour and a half each, asking between 16 to 18 questions of each person. They were selected from a pool of about 48 candidates.

“This week represents an important step as we meet each of these excellent candidates in person,” said NIU trustee Robert Boey, who also sits on the search committee.